[piva00]

> Screw those overpopulated metros and go live somewhere else.

With urbanisation going up to 11 there are not many "somewhere else cheap to live" for many professions. People can't easily find a job at a place with lower rents because there's a reason it has lower rents: it's less desirable, has less opportunities, so on and so forth.

For the privileged class of office workers with remote jobs that's an easy solution, and one that I see many peers taking over time, for the rest of society it's not feasible. If you were a theater actor (or teacher), you can't go live in the middle of nowhere, you won't have many peers, you won't have many venues, companies, etc. to work with. Now apply that logic to many professions who need a community around (of other workers, of companies or customers) to do their work and you will realise that for the vast majority of people it's not feasible to flee expensive urban centres.